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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

618 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL AURORA...OR ABOUT

  15 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTRAL

  AURORA.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 1.57 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST HOUR AT MURPHY CREEK...JUST SOUTHEAST OF 

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED A BIT BUT HEAVY RAIN 

REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR

VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3966 10476 3963 10470 3973 10461 3974 10470



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